Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-29

IN JA-iA IL. Wv ~ -i--A-ic'
Almost at the very oRtset Of the prohi-
biti0n canvass in Texas, TIE GAZETTE
ventured TO express the hope that
the campaign would be 50 con
Quoted as 10 make it final and decisive
. THE GAZETTE IS actuatcd in it's course ct
sill times by Q sensitive, patriotic regard
! Tor Texas and for the Democracy. Racog-
nizing the growing resolve Of the people
to deal with the liquor traffic, as that
t8nic affects society through saloons ea-
peciaIIy, THE GAZETTE, ia 1851, diligently
lgbored 10 impress upon Democrats
and Texas the advantages Of q high il
censs system IS compared with the
I license which multiplied the low d0gSer.
les aud dives. Atthst time THE GAZETTE
had 10 s.d from newspapers and men
/ that now extol the high license idea.
I TIE GAZETTE b l.sved. in 1884, and
/ Il believes now that had the
present evStsr7 bce1 spaplanted by hirh
license Texas would have been spared q
prohibition canvass for MANY wears. if
not altogether. Again. IN 1856. THE GA
zETTE aritated the subject and. in defer
ence IN the nIs1nIv evaressn4 tendency
If the nDbrfc mind. q bfrh license Hill waa
introduced il the twentieth LEGISLATURE.
hu4 # yvos enoscpratad Of s,ra Of rs
best TEXTURES, and Texas IS now brought
face 10 face with the extreme form Of
regulation. and Texas msv make uD ftg
mind to fare This oues,ion in the form
presented until if Is saft,ed enc ,yav or
the other nv the unfat.srad i1da.
nent and bv the untremmeIed
reason Of the p2oole High Ii
ceusg was defeated, and prohibition was
substituted IS the form OF regulation for
Texas TO psgs upo1: s7d in this form
the Question NJ reouIatfng tba Ioyor
traffic esnacfallv as the Tram, s@scts So
cic4v +brouqb ss1oors u here and hare
n stqv until i 10 settled nv the neonIe
free Of all oytrsneops considerations. #
the nrsspn+ canvass Of the o1eq+fon bos
been conducted otbaryfsa than ~ ANNALS
n the reason of mon tho rosr,+ M mat
Ter what will M. no final Tins question
will g.,... he settled +, Twas mill if fs
settled as t5e wisdom Of the Democratic
convention and the Democratic Leaizja-
ture resolved il should be settled. viz
on its own merits as G police re9u,s,fou.
wiz consummato wisdom. IS TIE
GAZETTE IS convinced, the Democratic
state convention declared th.t no Dem
.ocral's views Of this question should be 8
test OF his party fealtv,and the Legislature,
with ike wisdom, fixed the dsy of
election az g time when partisan politics
could not be injected into discussion /
and decision of the question through the /
entanglements Of a general election.
It Is important 10 keep these two facts
in view as they constitute the testimony I
of 8 Democratic convention aud Of q
Democratic Legislature to the danger 10 .
the party II any effort to array it as such .
on this question The wisdom CT the
and Of the Legislature will be
demonstrated as time develops the widely .
extending resolve OF the people /
ef this country to deal with
the liquor traffic in some F..
manner commensurate with the
evil II irGicts upon society.
This action Of the convention and Of
the Legislature leaves every Democrat
free 70 decide f.r hwxsrr net only as to
the material aspects Of prohibition but
with respect to its relation 70 partisan